Half to william e



(No Model.)

J. S. SAGKETT.

COAL AND ASH SIFTER.

No; 262,697. Patented Au lls, 1882.

1" lllllllll I lllll Mme/3, 65.-

N. PETERS. Pnowum n h UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. SACKETT, OF PLATTSBURG, YORK, ASSIGNOB OF ONE- HALF TO WILLIAME. GHATTERTON, OF SAME PLACE.

COAL AND ASH SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,697, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed May 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. SACKETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Coal and Ash Sifter and SeparatorApplicable to Stoves,Furnaces, and Heaters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in stoves, furnaces, and heaters inwhich an oscillating wire sifter beneath and operated-in connection withthe grate sifts and separates the coal from the ashes; and the object ofthese improvements is to cause a separation of the coal from the ashesbefore they are removed from the stove, furnace, or heater, and at thesame time and with the same movement used in shaking the grate. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a stove, furuace, or heatercontaining the improvements, and shows the relative position of thegrate, sifter, ash and coal receptacles. Fig. 2 is a detailed view ofthe grate with attachment for shaking. Fig. 3 is a detailed view inperspective of the sifter with connecting attach ment to theshaking-arm. Fig. 4 is a perspective and sectional view of the handle orshaker with its post and flanges. Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To the stove, furnace, or heater J, at a proper distance beneath thegrate A, are attached flanges, upon which the wire sifter B rests, therear end of which is depressed, so as to allow the wire sifter tooscillate at an angle sufficient to cause the coal to move readilytoward the receptacle F in the rear and lower part of the stove,furnace, or heater. To the front side of the oscillating sifter B isattached a perpendicular post, E, extending up to the projecting arm 0of the grate A, having a horizontal arm, D, extending to the outside ofthe stove, furnace, or heater, beneath the arm 0 of the grate A,sufficiently near to allow the handie or shaker H, with its flanges e cand post f, to grasp and set into the arm 0 of the grate A and arm D ofthe oscillating sifter B. The handle or shaker H, is a bar of iron,having on the upper side two flanges, e e, and a perpendicular post, f,so constructed as to allow the flanges c c to grasp both the arm (3 ofthe grate A and the arm D of the rotary sifter B, while theperpendicular postf passes through the two orifices a and l) of the arms0 and D of the grate A and sifter B, the object of which is to impartmotion to the grate A and sifter B at the same time. On the reverse sideof the shaker H are two curved flanges, d cl, so constructed as toclosely grasp the arm 0 of the grate A when it is desired to impartmotion to the grate alone, or the arm D of the sifterB when it isdesired to impart motion to the sifter only. The rear portion of thebase of the stove, furnace, or heater is extended snffieiently to admitthe receptacle F through.

the opening K to receive the coal passing from the sifter B through theorifice g.

The manner of operation of my improvements is as follows: The handle orshaker H is adjusted to the arm 0 of grate A and arm I) of the sifter Bby means of the flanges e e grasping both arms, while the perpendicularpost f passes through the orifice a of the arm 0 and orifice b .of thearm I). The motion imparted shakes the grate A, causing the loose coaland ashes to drop upon the sifter B, which receives an oscillatingmotion at the same time. The oscillating motion causes the ashes to passthrough the meshes of the sifter B into the receptacle Gr below, whilethe sifter B, being inclined, as shown, propels the coal through theopening 9 into the receptacle F in the rear partof the base of thestove, furnace, or heater.

What I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Thecombination of grate A, inclined sifter B, adapted to be operatedtogether by a single handle, the ash-pan G, and the coal-receptacle F,as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the inclined oscillating sifter B, having theperpendicular post E, arm D, and orifice I), with the grate A, havingthe arm 0 and orifice a, substantially as set forth.

3. The handle or shaker H, having the curved grasping-flanges d (l and.e c and the post 0, as shown and described, and for the purposes setforth.

JOSEPH S. SAUKETT.

Witnesses:

W. 11. MALLoN, IRVING J. MORRIS.

